CVE-2008-2739
The SERVICE.DNS signature engine in the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) in Cisco IOS 12.3 and 12.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash or hang) via network traffic that triggers unspecified IPS signatures, a different…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.68%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The SERVICE.DNS signature engine in the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) in Cisco IOS 12.3 and 12.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash or hang) via network traffic that triggers unspecified IPS signatures, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1447.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 2.68% probability · 85th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- cisco/ios
- Source
- psirt@cisco.com
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31990Third Party Advisory
- http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080a01556.shtmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2670Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6058Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31990Third Party Advisory
- http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080a01556.shtmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2670Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6058Broken Link
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.